On Wed, 2 Aug 2023, Murray McCullough wrote:
Classic computers have a value in our capitalist society. Take the Apple-1:
Not necessarily. Something only gets a value if there is a demand or market. As I repeatedly see old classic systems scrapped because nobody wants them/has space to store them, there can't be such a high value. For example, how do you tax a Mincal 523? We have the only one that survived. I'd say, it's "priceless", you can't attribute a value to it, because there's neither a market nor a reference to compare with. The only reason why the Apple 1 has a monetary value is because it has become a pure investment object. Everything else is just worthless, except perhaps the video shift registers ;-)
Christian
